Giving up on names

JRianG · April 2012

Have any of you had to give up on names that you had liked for long time, due to the last name you acquired once married?

I used to dream of naming my daughter, if I had one, Alexandra or Elizabeth, but I married a guy with a really long last name, so we are trying to keep the first & middle names pretty sort. Don't want the poor kid to run out of boxes when filling out forms. Stick out tongue

I also love the name Lily, but it just doesn't sound right with my last name.

MichelleL1118 · April 2012

Not exactly the same thing, but we've vetoed a lot of names because we don't like the way they sound with our last name. For example, I love the name Liam, but we have a VERY Italian last name that also starts with an "L," so it just sounds funny. We've also ruled out any formal name that ends in a long E sound, as our last name ends in a long E sound and rhyme-y, singsongy names really bug me.

AraDesi · April 2012

DH and I absolutely fell in love with the name Emma. For awhile we didn't even consider any other girl names. Then I realized that Emma has been in the top 3 girl names for the last few years. That doesn't bother DH, but it really bothers me, so we're kind of on the fence about it right now.

I also told him right off the bat - no names that end in s. Our last name begins with an s, and I don't want the poor kid to have a name with no space in the middle. For example - Linus Smith (just the first names that came to mind). No one is going to say Linus Smith, they're going to say Linusmith.

Rachelilly23 · April 2012

Sort of. I like I a lot of names that end in "ie" and "y", but my married last name ends in "ey" so it just sounds too sing-songy when you say them together or write the name out... We're better off going with girl names that end in "a" for sure. DS' name is Logan, and I tend to like a lot of other boy names that end in "an" or "en", but now I worry about that because then the sibset sounds funny

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irish city girl · April 2012

Yes! I loved the name Grace for a long time, but my last name is 1 syllable and starts with an S so it just sounds like Gray S____. We've had to eliminate pretty much all names that end in S for that reason. I also like the name Faith, but with a one syllable last name that contains the same A sound, it sounds a little rhyme-y. Fortunately, I have found another girl name I love. Boy names are a different story, but it isn't because of my last name that we're having trouble.

carrotsoup70 · April 2012

My last name is Daniels so Jack and Charlie are off the list. Both of which I love.

Sami91 · April 2012

Kind of. We originally thought of naming a girl Ella Elizabeth after our two grandmas but I realized that her initials would then be "EW". Seeing as kids these days torment and tease for the silliest of reasons, we decided against that and added Audrey to the name making it Audrey Elizabeth Ella. Yes, it will be long, but at least the longer parts are a middle name unlike my last name (I'm not married.... yet) which is Nunnemaker-Robinson.

Jeep Doll · April 2012

I have always loved the name Kelly, but our last name is similar to Clarkson, so DH vetoed it. I don't think anyone would associate our child with her, though. Sad We also won't pick a name that rhymes, like Mark. Whatever names we choose need to flow, too.

It would have been much easier to pick a name to go with my maiden name, that's certain! My maiden name was longer, but didn't rhyme with anything and sounds good with almost any name.